Hang on and Fly hero George Albert’s Pennsylvania Hometown

A short film from 1948 shows abandoned Josephine, Pennsylvania. It was the hometown of the Abe and Elizabeth Albert family, including George, the hero of Hang on and Fly.

Taken in 1948, the film depicts Josephine just three years before George returned home from Miami, Florida to enjoy Christmas with his family, and before the crash of Flight 44-2.
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 The film does not appear to show the former Albert family store but, rather, it shows the homes built by a steel/coke company for its employees and the site of the former blast furnaces along Black Lick Creek.

 The brief story of Josephine, Pennsylvania is portrayed in Hang on and Fly. Courtesy of Ruth and Roy Thompson and Tube Engagements via YouTube.